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This is just a way to strain your back, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 28, 1868

August 28, 1868
Lithograph, pen and brown ink, red pencil, and graphite on newsprint; second state of two, proof (Delteil)
24.6 × 21 cm (9.7 × 8.3 in)

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